Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Praelium prope Portum Calvum
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Accession number:
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01597
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Record number:
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01597-2
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JCB call number:
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F659 B141b
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Image title:
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Praelium prope Portum Calvum
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Place image published:
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Kleve
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Image publisher:
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[Tobias Silberling]
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Image date:
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[1659]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; following p. 110
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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15.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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15.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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17.8 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Latin
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Description:
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View of Porto Calvo with a scene of warfare. Items numbered for identification in key at bottom.
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Source creator:
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Baerle, Caspar van, 1584-1648
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Source Title:
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[Rerum per octennium in Brasilia et alibi nuper gestarum historia. German] Brasilianische Geschichte, bey achtjähriger in selbigen Landen geführeter Regierung Seiner Fürstlichen Gnaden Herrn Johann Moritz, Fürstens zu Nassau etc.
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Source place of publication:
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Cleve
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Source publisher:
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Gedruckt bey Tobias Silberling
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Source date:
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1659
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notes:
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View of the fort of Pôrto Calvo in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. The fort, was conquered by the Dutch in 1637, controlled the passage of the Manguaba River, and was at the center of Portuguese and Dutch hostilities in the beginning of the 1630s.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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References:
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https://archive.org/details/brasilianischege00baer (Feb. 2016)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1847.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Brazil
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Brazil--History--Dutch conquest, 1624-1654
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